Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 43, Issue 2, Supplement , Pages A22-A29 , February 2006

Endovascular treatment of traumatic thoracic aortic injury—should this be the new standard of treatment?

Received 24 October 2005 ,Accepted 26 October 2005.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(05)01897-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2005.10.068

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 43, Issue 2, Supplement , Pages A22-A29 , February 2006

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